Lock for printers  galleys



No. 625,238. Patented May l6, I899. W. C. BARNES.

LOCK FUR PRINTERS GALLEYS.

' (Application filed. Jan 24, 1599. (No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM C. BARNES, OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.

LOOK FOR PRINTERS GALLEYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,238, dated May 16,1899. Application filed .l'auuary 24, 1899. Serial Nn- 703,249. QTOmodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, W ILLIAM O. BARNES, of Melbourne, in the county ofBrevard and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Lock forPrinters Galleys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, and economicform of lock for printers galleys, comprising a foot and a side lockingstick or member, the side stick or member being so constructed andapplied to a galley that it may be quickly adjusted to any point betweenthe side surfaces of said galley, the foot member having adjustable andclamping engagement with the side memher or stick and being adapted toengage with the foot of the matter set up and with the sideof thegalley.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide a clamp for the twomembers that may be readily tightened up or loosened, and also toprovide a means whereby the foot member is prevented from tilting ormoving sidewise.

The invention consists in the novel con-' struction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a galley having the improvement applied. Fig.2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken practically on the line 2 2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the side stick or member, drawn on anenlarged scale, the cross-bar arranged for adjustment uponsaid sidestick or member being shown in transverse section and the clampingdevice being shown in side elevation. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionthrough the side stick or member and clamp, the transverse bar beingshown in side elevation and the bearing-plate partially in rearelevation. Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7is a detail perspective view of a portion of the retaining-bar for oneend of the sidestick. Fig. Sis a detail perspective view of abearing-plate adapted to be attached to the said transverse or crossbar, and Fig. 9 is a partial perspective View of a modified form of theretaining-plate.

A represents a printers galley, which may be of any suitable or approvedconstruction. A retaining-bar 10 is located within the said galley atits closed end, extending from side to side, the said retaining-barbeing in engagement with the said closed end of the gal-' ley. As shownin Fig. 5, this retaining-bar is provided with grooves 11 of anyapproved form in its inner face and is securely held to the galleyeither through the medium of straps 12, that extend from the bar overthe upper edge of the closed end of the galley, being secured to saidend by screws or their equivalents, or, as shown at 13 in dotted linesin Fig. 7, the strap 12-may be carried downward so as to form aspring-clip 13, adapted to pass over the closed end of the galley andthus hold the retaining-bar in place, or if in practice it may be founddesirable screws may be passed through openings 1. made in theretaining-bar between the grooves 11 and into the inner face of theclosed end portion of said galley.

A side stick or member B is adapted to extend longitudinally from theclosed end of the galley to a point at or near its open end. The sidestick or member B rests upon the bottom of the galley and at one end isprovided with a downwardly-extending tongue 15, spaced a suitabledistance from the end of the said stick, as shown in Fig. 4:, and saidtongue 15 is so shaped as to be fitted into any one of the grooves 11 inthe retaining.

bar 10.

In connection with the side stick or member B a clamp D is employed,arranged to receive a cross-bar C, adapted for longitudinal ad= justmentupon the sidestick B. This clamp consists, preferably, of a band orstrap 16 of spring metal, which is carried around the side stickormember B in such manner that a space is provided between the upperportion of the side stick or member B and the upper portion of theclamp. The ends of the clamp are not drawn togethenbut are left adesired distance apart, at preferably the outer side surface of the saidside stick or member B, and the ends of the clamp are curved or bent inopposite directions to form guide-flanges 17. These guide-flangesincline in opposite directions, so as to provide a wedge-shaped ortapering space 18 between them, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5.Openings 19 are made in the clamp D just above the side stick or memberB in order that the transverse bar 0 may be passed through the clamp andyet engage with the upper face of said side stick or member, as isillustrated in Fig. 5.

The transverse bar 0 is provided at one of its ends with a foot piece20, which is arranged to extend downward and engage with the bottom ofthe galley and with one of its sides. The clamp D is contracted, so asto bring the transverse bar 0 firmly in engagement with the side stickor member B through the medium of a tapering slide 21. This slide isprovided with inwardly-curved flanges 21? on its inner face, adapted forengagement with the flanges 17 on the clamp D, as illustrated in Figs.2, 3, and at. The slide 21 is prevented from leaving the clamp D byforming oppositely-extending lugs 22 upon. the flanges 17 'of the clamp,where the said flanges most closely approach each other, as illustratedparticularlyin Fig. 2. lVhen the slide 21 is carried to the positionshown in Fig. 2 namely, adjacent to the lugs 22-the top and bottomportions of the clamp are free to move in opposite directions, thusreleasing the cross-bar C from looking engagement with the side stick ormember B; but when the slide 21 is carried to the position shown in Fig.4 the top and bottom portions of the clamp B are drawn in direction ofeach other to such an extent that the cross-bar G will be firmly held inengagement with the upper surface of the side stick or member B. It isobvious that the cross-bar C after 7 having been secured to thesidestick or member B cannot move endwise, nor can the said crossbartilt, because of the foot 20, carried by the cross-bar, being inengagement with the bot tom portion of the galley and the inner sideface thereof.

A bearing-plate E is provided for the crossbar '0, and thisbearing-plate is adapted to engage with the foot portion of the type 23,set up and located in the galley between the sidestick B and opposinginner face of the galley. The type are shown leaded, the leads beingindicated at 23 in Fig. 6. This bearing-plate is preferably made of aspring material having a straight surface 23, adapted for engagementwith the foot portion of the matter set up or the" leads, and opposingtop' and bottom members 24, which members approach each other near thelongitudinal center of the plate and are provided at their ends withhorizontal opposing flanges 25. The top of the bearing-plate E when saidplate is applied is below the printing-surface of the type, as isalsoany lock or auxiliary device used in connection with the galley. Thecross-bar O is passed between the flanges 25 of the bearing-plate to anengagement with the inner face of its bearing-surface 23, and thebearingplate employed is preferably of such facturing the device Icontemplate supplying several sizes of bearing-plates with each device.rious grooves in the retaining-bar 10, it being intended that thesidestick shall be placed at varying distances from the side of thegalley, so as to firmly lock up columns of any regular width.

It is evident that a lock of the description above set forth is not onlysimple, durable, and economic, but that it may be expeditiously andconveniently manipulated and that at any time the pressure of the sidestick or bar against the type may be removed, so that the column of typemay be slid along the galley. stick or member B may be adjusted indirection of either side of the galley and that the cross-bar C may beadjusted longitudinally of the side stick or member B and quicklyfastened in its adjusted posit-ion.

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated a modified form of bearing-plate,comprising a vertical face or bearing-surface 26, adapted for engagementwith the type, and an upper box-section arranged to receive thecross-bar C and consisting of an upper horizontal member 27, a rearvertical member 28, and a return horizontal member 29.

The method of operating the lock is as follows: The galleyhaving beenfilled,the printer It is also-obvious that the side It will be observedthat there are va- IIO will take the stick B and place the tongue 15 inthe groove 11 of the retaining-bar 10 that is nearest to the column oftype. Then holdin g the foot of the cross-bar O in the left hand and theclamp D in the right hand" the bearing-plate may be pushed firmlyagainst the foot of the column of type and at the same time the foot orlug 20 of the cross-bar is held against the side of the galley. Thestick B is now pressed against the side of the type column. After thedesired pressure has been given to both the stick B and the bearingplateE the slide of the clamp is pushed forward by the thumb, thereby firmlylocking the cross-bar O to the stick and the clamp upon the stick, sothat the stick and its cross-bar are secured against movement in anydirection. The proof is then taken, and after said proof has been takenthe operator will move the galley to the imposing-stone. By reversingthe operation j ust'described the operator may pull back the slide andopen the lock. The lock having been opened by sliding the look away fromthe foot of the type a suitable distance, said lock is resecured withoutpressure of the stick against the sides of the column of type, whereuponthe operator may proceed to remove the type from the galley to the.

chase.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A galley-lock, consisting of a side stick or memberhaving one of its ends adapted for locking engagement with a galley, aclamp through which the said side stick or member is passed, said clampbeing provided with openings above the side stick or. member, the endsof the clamp being inclined in opposite directions, a lockingslide-plate arranged for engagement with the inclined ends of the clamp,and a cross-bar extending through the openings in the said clamp andarranged for engagement with the said side stick or member,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a galley and a retaining-bar located at theclosed end of the galley, having vertical grooves therein, of a sidestick or member, provided with a projection at one of its ends, adaptedto enter the grooves in the retaining-bar, a clamp through which thesaid stick or member is passed, said clamp extending above the uppersurface of said side stick or member, having registering openings at itsupper portion, the ends of said clamp being provided with guidewaysinclined in opposite directions, a locking-slide arranged for engagementwith the said guideways, and a transverse bar arranged forengagementwith the galley, said bar being passed through the upper openings in theclamp, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a galley and a retaining-bar located attheclosed end of the galley, having vertical grooves therein, of a sidestick or member, provided with a projection at one of its ends, adaptedto enter the grooves in the retainingbar, a clamp through which the sidestick or member is passed, said clamp extending above the upper surfaceof said stick or member, having registering openings at its upperportion, the ends of the clamp being provided with guideways inclined inopposite directions, a lock-.

ing-slide arranged for engagement with the said guideways, a transversebar arranged for engagement with a side of the galley, said bar beingpassed through the upper openings in the clamp, said cross-bar beingprovided with a lug at one of its ends, adapted for engagement with thebottom and side of the galley, and a bearing-plate detachably attachedto the opposite end portion of the cross-bar, said bearing-plate beingarranged for engagement with the foot of the matter set up in saidgalley, as described.

4. In a galley-lock, the combination of a sidestick mounted in thegalley, a clamp sliding on the sidestick and capable of being made fastthereto at points throughout the length of the stick, a transverse barmounted in the clamp, and a bearing-plate carried by the bar and adaptedto engage the type.

5. In a galley-lock, the combination with the galley, of a retaining-barmounted in one end thereof, a sidestick, one end of which is adj ustablyengaged with the retaining-bar, a clamp sliding on the sidestick, atransverse bar mounted in the clamp and moving therewith, and abearing-plate carried by the bar.

6. In a galley-lock, the combination of a retaining-bar provided withgrip, a side bar having at one end a tongue adapted to engage in thegrooves, whereby to adj ustably hold the side bar, and means adjustableon the side bar for engaging and holding the type.

7. In a galley-lock, the combination of a side bar, a clamp comprising ayielding band encircling the side bar, a tapering slide mounted on theband and movable to contract the same, and means carried by the clampfor engaging and holding the type.

WILLIAM C. BARNES.

WVitnesses:

J. H. PHILLIPS, E. P. BRANCH.

